Oblteploenerho needs ₴300 million to prepare for the next winter in Mykolaiv

Mykolayivoblteploenerho stated that 300 million hryvnias are needed to prepare for the next heating season 2024-2025. Funds will be requested to be allocated from the budget of Mykolaiv.

Mykolaivvoblteploenerho director Mykola Lohvinov said this on Tuesday, November 28, during a session of the Mykolaiv City Council, NikVesti reports.

According to the regional heat director, since September 1, 65% of the funds received from consumers for heat are now directed to gas payments at Naftohaz, leaving only 35% for Mykolayivoblteploenerho. However, these funds will be sufficient only for the payment of wages.

Therefore, without financial assistance from the Mykolayiv City Council, next year the enterprise will not be able to carry out either current or major repairs of heating networks.

«Since September, the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers has been made regarding the change in calculations, and all funds currently coming in from consumers for heat are distributed as follows: 65% go to Naftohaz JSC for gas calculations, 35% remain at the company. These funds will be sufficient only for the payment of wages. Next year, we will not have the opportunity to carry out current and major repairs of heating networks without the help of the Mykolaiv City Council. The amount of aid we need is about 300 million hryvnias,» Mykola Lohvinov said.

The head of the utility company Mykolaivoblteploenerho added that this year the company successfully started the heating season in the city thanks to constant repair work. From 2017 to 2022, expenses for current and capital repairs amounted to 40 million hryvnias. During this year, the company spent 27 million hryvnias on maintaining the efficiency of the heating system.

We will remind you that as of February 2023, the state owed Mykolaivvoblteploenerho ₴240 million for the difference in tariffs.

In July 2023, Mykolaiv heat supply enterprises were forced to turn to the Cabinet of Ministers due to the need to allocate more than 500 million hryvnias to repay the debt between the approved and economically justified tariff.

It was also reported that as of the end of June, the people of Mykolaiv owed more than 261 million hryvnias to Mykolaivvoblteploenerho. Of them, more than 88 million is the debt of the previous heating period, the remaining 172 million hryvnias is the debt of previous years.